Ollie Cantos
CA · Member, West Covina City Council, District 4
West Covina council member first elected in 2022, a civil rights attorney in federal service, and the first blind person on the council. His priorities are public safety, with strong police and fire departments, and reducing homelessness.
Where Ollie Cantos stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Opposes
Housing Affordability (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to turn down a 2023 federal firefighter staffing grant (SAFER) to avoid future deficit spending. It passed 3-1, with one abstention.
November 19, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted to lease Flock license plate reader cameras for police at $2,500 per camera over five years. It passed 4-1.
September 19, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted to lease Flock license plate reader cameras for police at $2,500 per camera over five years. It passed 4-1.
September 19, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Voted against approvals for a 232-unit housing project at 1501 West Del Norte Street. They passed 3-2.
July 7, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Moved to adopt West Covina's pet spay, neuter, and microchip law (Ordinance 2539). It passed 5-0.
June 2, 2026
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Voted against starting sale talks with Brandywine Acquisition Group for the City Yard property at 811 South Sunset Avenue. It passed 3-2.
May 19, 2026
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Voted against a new code of conduct for the West Covina City Council (Ordinance 2537). It passed 3-2.
March 3, 2026
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Moved to have staff draft a law requiring pets to be spayed, neutered, and microchipped. It passed 5-0.
February 17, 2026
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Voted against an ordinance changing how the council can remove city commissioners (Ordinance 2529); it passed 3-2. At the same meeting, voted with the full council, 5-0, to sue Los Angeles County and Supervisor Hilda Solis so Measure A funds go directly to West Covina. He also voted with the full council, 5-0, to deny a four-story, 42,000-square-foot psychiatric hospital addition at 725/741 South Orange Avenue.
April 15, 2025
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Attended the State of the Union as Rep. Gil Cisneros's guest after the U.S. Education Department put him on leave in federal job cuts.
March 3, 2025
Source: cisneros.house.gov
Cast the only vote against cutting public comment time at council meetings from five minutes to three. It passed 4-1.
January 21, 2025
Source: records.westcovina.org
Moved to delay the 2024-25 budget vote and hold another budget workshop. It failed 2-3.
May 21, 2024
Source: records.westcovina.org
Voted against council board assignments that removed Mayor Tabatabai from the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. They passed 3-2.
February 6, 2024
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Seconded a measure allowing beer and wine sales at gas stations in West Covina (Ordinance 2515). Only Councilmember Tabatabai voted no.
August 15, 2023
Source: swagit-attachments.granicus.com
Voted against removing Brian Tabatabai as Mayor Pro Tem. The removal failed 2-2, with one abstention.
March 21, 2023
Source: records.westcovina.org
Past race Ollie Cantos ran in:
- Member of the City Council, District 4 · November 3, 2026 · West Covina city, California · incumbent